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"I never saw why I had to give up science in order to write, or the other way around, so I didn't!"
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| Star Travel | ||
| Undertaking a journey between the stars. |
| "Does that explain why I have to give up my work and go live on the old relic for a year?" Carlin demanded furiously.
"Yes it does," the Arcturian replied. "We're a star-traveling race now. But the mind can take only so much of star-travel. Overdo that strain and you get a revulsion, you get star-sickness. Then the only cure is resto for the mind in completely normal conditions. |
| Technovelgy from Forgotten World,
by Edmond Hamilton. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1946 Additional resources -
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